The walk to Rarity’s Boutique was short. The Boutique was a round, colorful building with lots of decoration. Rarity approached the door and opened it, telling me to come inside. The main room I was standing in was filled with dresses and other clothes of all sorts. “Welcome to the Carousel Boutique darling, my Home!” Rarity said with a gesture enclosing the room. “Looks pretty nice” I told her while looking around in awe. I hadn’t seen so many dresses on one spot in my life. Well, I spend most of my Life on Battlefields or in the wilderness, what sort of explained that circumstance. “I have a spare Bedroom upstairs for you, darling” Rarity told me. “Aww, I thought I would spend the night with you” I teased. She blushed and giggled at that. Yes, she definitively had something for me. Damn, that was the last thing I could need. I followed Rarity upstairs, and caught myself staring at her plot. I looked to the ground and cursed my new Body for having such primal desires. I assumed this could become a weakness. Rarity opened a door to a small Bedroom “Well, this is your room! Make yourself at home darling, I´ll cook something! You must be hungry! ” My belly grumbled in response, which lead to a giggle from Rarity. Great, now I have to feed this thing to! I started to wonder just how deep my fall from grace was, or if I had hit rock bottom yet. “Well, I’ll leave you alone now, darling” Rarity said and left to prepare dinner. I sighed and hopped on the bed, thinking about my new life. I was mortal now, so I had to be more cautious in fights. Also, this new body seemed to have the basic primal desires of an animal. That was pretty gross if you were used to be a spirit inhabiting a set of armor like me. Rarity´s voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I went down for a light vegetable dinner and light conversation. I let Rarity talk about herself while I focused on devouring my food. Damn, I already started to hate hunger. Rarity told me most of her life, and her job as Fashionista. I listened closer as she told me how her and her six friends freed Princess Luna and defeated Discord, Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra. Maybe these Ponies weren’t so weak after all. As I asked her why she hadn’t used her powers to defeat the Diamond Dogs, she told me that the Elements of Harmony only worked if all six bearers were gathered. Weakness Detected. I avoided talking about myself the whole evening, but Rarity seemed not to mind that. After a good while, the sun had already set and the Moon was high in the sky, I yawned, wished Rarity a good night and retreated to my chamber. I collapsed on the bed, tired from the days adventures, and slept a light sleep, tortured by nightmares I couldn’t remember afterwards.
I was awoken by a loud rapping on the door. I stirred out of the bed and opened the door. Rarity rushed past me, the sleep still in her eyes, and muttered “I wonder who dares to interrupt my beauty sleep this early.” I chuckled and followed her downstairs. The rapping increased. “I’m coming already” rarity yelled and opened the door. On the outside stood two white pegasi in golden armor, armed with spears and a chariot beside them. They looked like parade guards, and I wondered how good they could wield those spears if necessary. Not that I was eager to find out. “Miss Rarity”, the first one spoke up, “on behalf of Princess Celestia, we shall take this stallion to her.” He pointed to me and spat the sentence out like a curse. I wondered whether I should really test his skills, but brushed the thought aside. I was curious what that princess could want from me, and how she even knew I existed. Rarity turned to me with joy in her eyes, speaking: “I’m sure the princess will reward you for saving me and Fluttershy!” I wasn’t so sure about that. According to what I had seen, Equestria was a rather peaceful Kingdom, its inhabitants not used to spilling blood. Maybe the princess classifed me as a threat for her subjects. “Well, then what are you two waiting for?” I asked them, and the one who had spoken up shot me a glare, pointing towards the chariot. “Oh, I will accompany you, Teridax. My last visit to the castle was ages ago.” Rarity spoke up. One of the guards shook his head politely. “I’m sorry, Miss Rarity, but the Princess made clear she wanted to speak to him alone.” He said in a polity, but determined voice. “Oh, well, if that’s the case, good luck Teridax, darling”. And with that, the two guards pulled the chariot in the Sky. I waved Rarity goodbye and turned my gaze towards the horizon.
Canterlot Castle was carved into the side of a Mountain, and looked pretty noble. It was colored in ivory and gold, and had an overall royal appearance. It had rather the look of a fairy-tale palace then the one of the strongholds I was used to. The chariot landed and the two guards escorted me through highly decorated marble hallways. There were a lot of tapestries, telling tales of equestrian history. We reached big golden double Doors with a stylized sun on them. They opened before us, revealing a big throne room, highly decorated like the rest of the castle. On the throne on the opposite side of the room, sat what appeared to be Princess Celestia. She was bigger than any Pony I had seen so far, with both wings and a horn. She had a white fur, her mane was multicolored and flowing in an inexistent breeze, and she wore a golden crown and a golden necklace. Her eyes were of a magenta color, and she had an overall regal appearance. The guards escorted me in front of her throne and bowed looking to the ground. I kept standing and stared in her eyes. Which earned me frowns from the rest of the guards in the room. The princess herself simply eyed me curiously, and then spoke up, in a soft and motherly voice: “You must be Teridax! I heard you saved Rarity and Fluttershy?” “You are pretty well informed” I shot back. She chuckled “Well, I must know everything that concerns my subjects! I also know that you used lethal force against the Diamond Dogs, and cut the throats of those already knocked out!” her expression hardened, and there were a few surprised gasps in the room. Nothing left of sweet and motherly. I smiled and shook my head yes as response. “Do you regret what you have done?” “No, I don’t regret ending the life of these worthless maggots” I replied, still a cold smile on my features. “Well, that confirms my worries. GUARDS! TAKE HIM TO THE DUNGEON!”

Author's Note

Well, so far in my first story! I would appreciate some feedback!